After Zexx arrived at the Inn, nearly dead with poison and wounds that could kill a lesser man, a message was issued to the Night Watch.
Mr. Berker (Local town resident and farmer) had employed Zexx for the day. Little did he know it would be his last. Simple farmwork. They never saw it coming.
Mr. Berker's wife and children were taken by the spiders, despite the heroic efforts of both men to fight them off. Berker is dead.
The Night Watch arrived in time to follow the trail still left by the spiders, who dragged the wife and children off.
They found two drained, lifeless bodies. But that was not all they found. Three of the five spiders lay in equal-sized piles, still twitching. It appeared as if someone had taken five swords and ran the vile things through so fast that they simply fell in a mash of pieces. The other two: Nowhere to be seen.
One girl has yet to be found, despite the efforts of the Nightwatch. It is unknown if she is still alive.